Well, "the truth" is a funny thing that can slip out of the hands of people who are mostly judging.

Closeted gay men often marry closeted lesbians, for example. It's kind of an unspoken compact, as I understand. Not really negotiated so much as felt.

Your uncle offered his wife a deal: social prestige and a family. He came through on both.

And if "Southern Baptist" is held by anyone to be a term of praise, well then there's some facts to learn. Your uncle might've been the very best of the lot, the cream of the slop.